Life Hunter

Now, around him, it was just a volcanic earth and no matter how far Arima tried to look, he couldn"t even see something that wasn"t burned. He could also smell the odor of the charred soil and burned bodies of the monsters.

Kerberos growled and looked at Arima "Your mana pool and magic output. They are both crazy" Even him didn"t know how to not complain about that.

Arima smiled and shrugged "You almost destroyed the dimension, you know?" He said then stared at the h.e.l.lhound "Although you"re not even in h.e.l.l"

Kerberos snorted "You noticed after all, huh?" He said "You"re right since I"m not in h.e.l.l, my power is reduced greatly. But don"t think that you can beat me easily"

Arima chuckled and unsheathed Karma, releasing all the seals at the same time "Don"t worry, I"m not underestimating you"

"A transcendental weapon" Kerberos snickered and the flames on his body burned stronger. The snake he had for a tail, lengthened. The three heads" eyes glowed and fire ignited in their maws. And finally, the h.e.l.lhound"s aura exploded and shook the earth.

Arima also released his aura and the shaking became stronger, the earth started splitting and sky to darken. In the whole continent, volcanoes started erupting, tornadoes forming, and the water of the sea was being pushed back.

In the seemingly never-ending earthquake, Kerberos stomped the ground with his front leg and ma.s.sive earth spikes, around fifty meters tall each sprout out from underground and continued to do so in Arima"s direction.

The latter flapped his wings and flew higher to avoid it then dived back toward Kerberos. He infused Karma with lightning and swung it against the head in the middle.

A clash occurred between the two of them and a crater was instantly created around them. Crushing the ground for hundreds of miles. The thing that actually clashed against Karma was surprisingly the h.e.l.lhound"s tail. The huge serpent blocked the blade with its fangs and stared at Arima with his green eyes.

The three heads then moved and opened their mouths, ready to attack Arima. The h.e.l.lhound"s maws were glowing with a red color and crimson lava raised in their throat.

Arima"s sigil revolved and thunder resounded. Kerberos roared and the three heads each spat a ma.s.sive amount of magma, condensed into a single wave aimed at Arima. The three huge lightning bolts fell on the magma and exploded, dispersing it.

The explosion shook Arima and Kerberos a bit but the latter recovered faster and swung his paw at his opponent. Arima tried crossed his arms and his sigil glowed to create a magic shield. At the same time, a dark green mark on the snake"s forehead glowed and Arima"s shield was instantly broken.

He then took the blow with his physical body alone and was sent flying for miles while coughing blood. When he finally crashed, he completely razed the zone he was in. He grunted and healed himself as much as could "(That mark on the snake is his sigil)" He thought.

It"s actually possible to destroy a sigil. If an individual sees the part of his body holding it being cut or destroyed, then they would lose it. For example, if Arima loses his eyes, he won"t be able to use his sigil anymore. It"s the same for Kerberos, if the snake"s head is cut, he will lose his sigil, at least until it regrows back.

"{Easier said than done though}" Night remarked and Arima wryly smiled. He immediately stood up and gathered black lightning in his katana.

"[Aeterna]" He chanted and swung his sword toward the sky and the black wave clashed against a huge ball of crimson fire that was flying toward him. The explosion covered the sky and three heads suddenly appeared out of the flames of the explosion and spat out a crimson fire at the same time, creating a pillar falling on the ground, shrouding Arima"s figure.

The crimson fire spread everywhere. After a few seconds, the temperature suddenly dropped unnaturally and the flames were extinguished as the pillar of fire froze.

Kerberos fell from the sky and roared, the ice broke apart and Arima was revealed on the ground. The h.e.l.lhound span in midair and slammed his two front legs at Arima. The latter pushed his body to 100% and used Karma to confront one of the paws while gathering a huge amount of neutral magic in his body.

He stood firm on the ground while Karma confronted Kerberos and released a huge amount of mana and purple lightning.

The earth became even more dug out under Arima"s feet and everything crumbled until the latter reached the upper mantle of the planet. Arima clicked his tongue and infused as much lightning as he could in his sword and then swung it at Kerberos"s leg.

The strength behind that strike was enough to make the h.e.l.lhound back off but it just left a small cut when you take into account the creature"s ma.s.sive stature. But even that was healed in just a second.

Arima grunted, he concentrated on a circle and teleported away. He reappeared in the sky a few miles away from Kerberos.

"Okay, let me recapitulate" Arima raised his voice and Kerberos frowned. He stopped and listened. Arima raised one finger.

"First, your physical strength and resistance, compared to mine, are like putting a lion and a cat beside each other" He said.

"Two, your regenerative ability is a freaking cheat"

"Three, you"re too big, I can"t even properly injure you"

"Four, your tail is too fast and tough"

"Five, you don"t need to chant to use fire magic and you can even produce some with your own body"

"Six, you have three heads, meaning three pairs of eyes, three brains, and three attack angles, plus your tail"

"Seven, your reaction speed and the time you need to think of a counter attack is just unbelievable"

Arima spat out all of that in less than a minute. His intention was to complain but with the appearance of a Silver Emperor, it looked like he said that really calmly, he just had an eyebrow raised all along and his voice didn"t even go loud or anything.

On the other hand, Kerberos was confused like never before. First, he realized that this human"s a.n.a.lytic ability was off the chart but then he asked himself why he was complaining like that.

"The only thing I"m better in is the mana quality and quant.i.ty, d.a.m.nit" Arima cursed and sighed. He stared at Kerberos with a sharp look "I understand now. I suppose I need to go on a big scale with you, huh?" He said and Karma suddenly released her aura.

"Sorry, I still can"t master the second-degree resonance. I"ll do it this way" Arima said and planted his katana in the ground.

"{How much?}" Karma inquired.

"Around fifty, should be perfect" Arima answered and Karma"s form began to change and become bigger, a lot bigger.

Arima ended up a with fifty meters long harpoon beside him. The harpoon itself was red and had a purple contrast on it. The chain had become a lot bigger and just a bit more than a normal sized one, but it became a lot longer than before.

Kerberos frowned "Do you think I"m a whale or something?" All the heads retorted at the same time.

Arima laughed "You can say that" Then his aura spread around the whole continent. He also released his slaughter intent. The latter shocked Kerberos.

"Slaughter intent is more than rare" He commented "You are really something. A Life Hunter, I also see that you"re a Death Hunter, a Silver Emperor, holder of a transcendental weapon, still have the body of a human, and now, slaughter intent" Kerberos listed then shook his heads "Won"t you be a Plane Guardian at this rate?" He said with a joking tone.

"Plane Guardian?" Arima reacted.

"You don"t have to know" Kerberos responded and Arima shrugged.

He just smirked "Prepare yourself, I seriously will go large scale"

When he said that, a strange figure appeared above him. It was around ten meters tall and the figure revealed itself as a cloaked skeleton. The latter raised his hand in which he held a brush and started to paint on thin air.

"[Scit et pictor est ad finem iam vergit] (The painter of the End is now drawing)" Arima started chanting and the skeleton started moving his brush.

"Et erit vobis fabulam narrare] (He will tell you a story)" Kerberos felt something strange happening to the world around him. Every spirit was agitated, the earth started shaking, thunder rumbled and it started raining, the wind became stronger and even some flames started to appear unnaturally here and there.

Kerberos didn"t know what was happening but he instantly bent his front legs and kicked the ground, he jumped and instantly arrived in front of Arima.

He opened his mouths and spat out more magma but it pa.s.sed through Arima as it was a projection. Kerberos was surprised and tried to strike Arima physically with the momentum of his jump, but the attack still couldn"t reach him.

"What…?!" He was confused first but then he realized what was happening. Arima had created a fake clone with spirit and clad it with slaughter intent and since that intent was spreading everywhere, Kerberos wasn"t able to notice it earlier.

The h.e.l.lhound concentrated and scanned the place, he soon determined Arima"s true emplacement, but it was too late.

"[Novissima solis considerate vehementer] (Observe closely the last rising sun)" Kerberos heard the incantation and turned toward Arima"s position.

He saw that the skeleton had drawn a rising sun on thin air. At that moment, it felt like time stopped, he could only stare as Arima continued to chant and the skeleton to paint.

"[Vita et mors occidere patriarcha] (Kill the patriarch of Death and Life)"

"[Pulsa campanas silentium] (Ring the bells of silence)"

"[Frange quern iure mundi] (Smash the world"s law)"

"[Expande pallium tuum nomen] (Spread your name)"

"[Monstrare pessimus somnum exterreri solebat] (Show them the worst nightmare)"

"[Cessare faciam istud] (Bring an end to this)"

When Arima finished his incantation, the skeleton stopped painting. Under the rising sun, he drew, there was now a sea on the left side and a land on the right side.

In both sides, numerous figures and creatures were depicted. You could see Vikings on the land, fighting some monsters. On the sea, there were numerous sea serpents surrounding the giant head of a snake sleeping in water, holding the end of a tail in his mouth.

There was also a huge wolf on the land, a man in armor riding a six-legged horse and a giant not far from them. Numerous dragons were flying in the sky. One could see a flying city, carrying other figures, and one at the front was holding a big hammer. Another figure was on a golden-maned horse playing trumpet.

One who is knowledgeable will understand this scene. All the figures were recognizable. Jörmungandr, Fenrir, Odin with his Sleipnir, the giant Loki, the city Asgard, Thor, Heimdallr, and many other G.o.ds.

"[First Red Art, Fata Deorum, Ragnarök]" Arima chanted the keyword and the painting immediately became alive the next second. But the spot that needed attention was the serpent, Jörmungandr. The latter opened his eyes and suddenly started moving, he also released his tail from his mouth at the same time.

The legends say so, if the World Serpent releases his tail, Ragnarök will begin.

Kerberos"s eyes narrowed as he felt that everything around him fell under Arima"s control. The air, the earth, the sky, the water even the fire around him, everything was ready to attack him at any moment.

"Now let"s start again, Kerberos" Arima said and thunder rumbled.